Picture display holder



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PICTURE DISPLAY HOLDER Filed Aug. 28, 1945 INVENTOR MzZfi 0/a5 B 0/461; 6/12;

wwa sgzzgnw Patented Apr. 18, 1950 PICTURE DISPLAY HOLDER Nicholas Barbieri, Providence, R. 1., assignor to Uncas Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Rhode Island Application August 28, 1945, Serial No. 613,099

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a display device, more particularly for the display of pictures.

In the displaying of a pair of pictures, it is quite usual to provide individual frames for each of the pictures and hinge these frames together so that by Swinging these two frames about the hinge to dispose the plane of one of the frames at an angle to the plane of another frame, the frames may be stood up upon a fiat surface for the pictures to be viewed. If, however, a rigid frame is to be made for the holding of two pictures, without any hinge connection, it is usual to provide a very large base so as to provide the proper support for causing these pictures which may be in the same plane to stand upright.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a rigid picture frame which will hold two pictures and in which the base for the frame will be relatively narrow to reduce the material used.

Another object of this invention is to provide a picture frame having a relatively small base which will be of ornamental appearance, and yet one which will stand upright without the danger of tipping over.

Another object of this invention is to provide a rigid picture frame which may be molded and thus be produced from dyes rapidly and inexpensively.

Another object of this invention is to provide a picture frame which is so arranged that pictures may be displayed on either side of the frame.

Another object of this invention is to provide a picture frame which will display pictures in back-to-back relation as well as pictures in sideto-side relation, that different pictures may be exhibited in the same frame.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. l is a top plan view of the display device;

Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof, looking at one side; and

Fig. 3 is an elevation looking at the other side.

In proceeding with this invention, I provide a base which is relatively long and narrow and of a longitudinal dimension many times its lateral dimension, and this base is disposed so that its longitudinal axis or dimension is on the arc of a circle, whereby to give the effect of triangulation to its support.

With reference to the drawings, 10 designates generally the base, which has a central body portion H with enlarged ends l2. The central body portion I! is disposed on the arc of a circle or is of some curvilinear structure, so that its center and the center of its end portions are out of a straight line. The opposite edges, I3 and M, of this body are generally beveled and these sweep gracefully into a general curvilinear beveling on the end portions l2, as shown at [5.

An upright It extends upward from a mid point of the base and is grooved on one side as at I! and grooved on the other side as at I8, as shown in Fig. 1. An upright I9 is provided at one side of this mid upright I6 and an upright 20 is provided at the other side of this upright l6, both uprights l9 and 20 being located adjacent the ends of the base It). The upright I9 is grooved as at 2! so that its groove will face the groove 11 of the upright l6, while the upright 20 is grooved as at 22 so that its groove will face the groove l8 of the upright Hi. The uprights l9 and 20 are of a length shorter than the uprights I6 and are provided with strengthening ornamental enlarged portions 23 and 24, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Glass plates 25, 26 serve as a means for mounting between them in back-to-back relation pictures 21 and 28 between uprights l6 and I9, or similar glass plates 29 and 30 serve for the mounting of pictures 3| and 32 in back-to-back relation between the uprights l6 and 20.

In this way a very simple display device is provided in which four pictures may be displayed. two on one side and two on the other, the parts being all rigid with very little hand operation, and yet a structure is provided which is ornamental.

I claim:

A display device comprising a base having a length several times its width and disposed so that its lengthwise dimension is curvilinear whereby the area through which the center of gravity passes is substantially wider than the curvilinear width of the base, and means comprising a plurality of uprights extending from said base in spaced relation to each other to support an article to be displayed therein, said means comprising an intermediate upright vertically grooved on opposite sides and end uprights also vertically grooved with the grooves facing the grooves in the intermediate upright for the reception of a plate-like structure between two of said uprights in the grooves thereof, each of said grooves receiving a pair of plates for mounting a pair of pictures in back-to-back relation.

NICHOLAS BARBIERI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

OTHER REFERENCES -Foreign publication, 1 sheet having seven figures, found in Div. 7, Class 88, sub-class 90 marked x" and which has been in that Division over 'nves'ezrs. 

